Swinging Johnson - The Nats are pinning their hopes on Zimmermann to avoid a sweep at the hands of their NL East rivals the New York Mets. But let's look inside the MLB odds to find which side to back.

Doug Upstone - The first half of the season is in the books and one of my favorite categories to explore as a baseball handicapper is run score vs. runs allowed, which Bill James brought attention to decades ago.